As The World Turns

Today is the shortest day of the year, here in Calgary we will get less than 8 hrs of daylight. Meaning at 4pm the sky is already dark. Today also is the winter equinox which officially marks the start of winter. The good news is that starting tomorrow, the days can only get longer!

The weather channel here is my idea of watching tv... geek speaking here. Its rather fascinating watching all the different weather systems coming in, going here there, but importantly what we will be getting here. Every morning without fail, I will check the day's weather before going out as it will determine what I'll be wearing, something thin and flimsy (which all the girls seem to wear no matter how cold it is, hmmm come to think of it, if I were to wear a skirt out I will also become a girl..no wonder...ahhhh mystery solved) or do I need to pack ice cleats. I've seen all sorts of weather here, however there is one thing I haven't seen yet and that is freezing rain. Apparently it rains, but when the water hits the ground it freezes up, that will be something to see. Another thing that is rather apparent is the Calgary appears to be rather blessed. The Rockies to the west blocks a lot of the low pressure systems coming in from the Pacific. The winds and rain and snow ALWAYS comes from the west.. don't aske me why, havent found out yet, maybe because of the earth's direction of rotation? Vancouver recently has been hammered by tons of snow, rain and winds that up rooted many trees but thanks to the Rockies we've been spared all that. Rather fascinating to see the computer images of a a system move in and cover British Columbia and get stopped dead in its tracks before reaching Calgary by the rockies. It also explains why there are so few trees here and is mostly grassland, its like a North American Serengeti. I was told most of the trees in Calgary are transplanted here...but i like lots of trees... dang...

Gonna be spending my christmas at my old hunting ground of lake louise. Gonna do some snow shoeing, skiing and maybe chase a squirrel or two, kinda miss those beggers buggers...


HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE!